Yesterday I implemented idea 1049 by making available the following
appeal to the members of the Extraordinary Session of the UN General
Assembly in New York, held to review after five years the implementation
of the recommendations of the Rio de Janeiro Conference on the
environment:

Dear Esteemed Member,

After the world's concern for peace, humanism and economic development:
After the world's concern for the population explosion;
After the world's concern for the environment;
After the world's concern for the Earth's climate;
The new, even vaster concern is now how to save this planet and the human race by creating urgently

A PROPER EARTH GOVERNMENT

This is the absolute priority which faces us, the top item on the agenda
of world affairs as we enter a new century and millennium.

I appeal to you, I beg you, Member of the UN Extraordinary Session, to
adopt a resolution requesting an Initiative for URGENT PROPER EARTH
GOVERNMENT.

This text was followed by my ideas 502 to 547 and 556 to 564.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy
and Art of Living,Volume II Chapter 5 - Of
Love
Begin everything with love and end everything with love.

Benjamin Franklin, at a session of the Continental Congress trying to
ratify the US Constitution rose to say: "Gentlemen, if a sparrow cannot
fall on the ground without the knowledge of the Creator, how can we
expect to give birth to a new nation without His assistance. I propose
therefore that we open each session with prayer."

This beautiful remark is relevant to all human affairs. I therefore
propose that every family meeting, every school class, every meeting of
institutions, government, business and people will begin with prayer.
May the whole world follow the example of the yearly sessions of the
United Nations General Assembly which open and end with a minute of
silence for prayer or meditation.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy
and Art of Living,Volume II Chapter 5 - Of
LoveLove is
above all the natural or willful decision to experience the miraculous
beauty of our immediate surroundings, of the Earth, the skies, the
stars, the waters, the plants, the animals, the people, the universe and
God.

Love is the most powerful ally of the will to live the fullest possible life.

It is high time to create a new discipline or field in Universities
which would include but go far beyond marketing and advertisement,
namely the ways, strategy and methodology of influencing people
psychologically.

It should include the propaganda of dictators and the means employed by the rich and powerful to stay in power and in wealth.

The media would occupy a high place in such a discipline which I would
call psychocracy: power and government through psychology.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy
and Art of Living,Volume II Chapter 5 - Of
LoveCreate
networks of love and common concerns to counteract the networks of evil,
wealth, selfishness and power which should have no place on such as
beautiful, miraculous planet as ours.

I was thinking this the other day while waiting for the speech by Shimon
Peres in the National Theater of Costa Rica on the peace process in the
Middle East:

Conflicts, especially protracted ones, have often as their main reason
to preserve and reinforce an identity. This is definitely the case of
the continued Israeli-Arab and Greek-Turkish Cypriot conflicts.
Religious fundamentalism is a determining factor.

As I proposed earlier in idea 59, if such conflicts last for more than
30 years, without solution, the rest of the world should ignore them,
close the doors of the United Nations for further debates and withdraw
the aid of the United Nations troops to separate the conflicting
parties.

It reminded me of the following:

When I accompanied Secretary General Waldheim on a visit to China
readmitted to the UN, when we were received by Premier Chou En Lai, Mr.
Waldheim raised the question of the Middle East. Chou En Lai expressed
surprise and asked: "Why do you want to discuss the Middle East?

Waldheim answered: "Because it is important."

Chou En Lai: "You can forget about solving this conflict. We will still
have it in a hundred years." This was in 1972. A quarter of a century
has already elapsed since then.

Another anecdote:

In 1964 I was sent to Cyprus as the political adviser of the United
Nations troops to that conflict. After witnessing for six months the
hagglings between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots, I left saying that I
and the United Nations were losing our time. There just was no
willingness whatsoever to come to agreement. On the contrary, the
encyclopedia of arguments was increasing incessantly. That was a third
of a century ago!

General Harbottle, not long before his death, told me that he had paid a
visit to Cyprus and discovered that it is now the sons of the leaders
of the two conflicting parties whom we knew in our time, who were
arguing and discussing the same issues and arguments as their fathers!

Hence my proposal that the UN should close the door to such conflicts
and let their stubborn leaders continue to love them and to thrive on
them. Except for the beauty of Cyprus and the nice populations on both
sides, I have lost six months of my life in that country. Journalists
should no longer pay any attention to them either, because often the
parties fight or resort to terrorism in order to get visibility,
especially from the world press.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy
and Art of Living,Volume II Chapter 5 - Of
LoveLove and learn as if you were eternal. Live as if you were risking to die tomorrow.

We have learned of late to love the sky, the sun, the seas and oceans, the birds and all nature.

Why should we not learn to love also our human brothers and sisters world-wide?

Aren't we all children of the same Earth? Are we not created in the image of God, a cosmic phenomenon of the first order?

Robert's The Miracle, Joy
and Art of Living,Volume II Chapter 5 - Of
LoveThere was only once on this planet a Ministry of Intelligence, a few years ago in Venezuela.

Its Minister, Jose Machado, had studied all the philosophies of
intelligence throughout history and concluded that love was the highest
form of intelligence.

His Ministry educated people by showing them on television how this form
of intelligence manifested itself in the love between a mother and her
child.

When will we see on this planet Ministries of Love, of Intelligence, of
Faith, of Hope, of Optimism, of Happiness, and less Ministries of
Industry, Technology, Economy, Finance and Trade and no longer any
Ministries of War or Pentagons?

The
most important lessons in life can never be expressed in black and
white, but must be experienced. Experience is the greatest teacher. - Benny Lewis -

Vastly different as the world’s cultures are, if you speak to Italian
millionaires, homeless Brazilians, Dutch fishermen and Filipino computer
programmers, in their own languages, you start to see that we are all
incredibly alike where it matters.

Everyone just wants validation, love, security, enjoyment and hopes for a
better future. The way they verbalise this and work towards it is where
things branch off, but we all have the same basic desires. You can
relate to everyone in the world if you look past the superficial things
that separate you.

2. Deferring your happiness to the future is a terrible idea

3. “Someday my ship will come in” is BS. You will NEVER win the lottery. Be practical.

4. There’s no such thing as destiny. This is excellent news!

Destiny is used as a cop-out and standard excuse by most people for why
they don’t do something with their lives. The thing is, it doesn’t
exist.

Your limitations are not set by who you know, where you were born, what
genes you have, how much money you have, how old you are right now, what
you did before or other things that you can claim are your stamp of
failure for life.

If you are determined enough there are many opportunities in life that
are totally achievable with minimal cash, regardless of who you are.

5. Seek out people with different beliefs and views of the world to yours and get to know their side of the story

6. Living a good life is the best way possible to convince people

Enough words and enough arguing. Just live by example and soon you’ll
have people on your side when they see your results and how passionate
you are. No need to “convince” them. Just show them that you are there,
tell them how you got there, and they will start to realise that maybe
you aren’t that crazy after all.

7. Nobody has it all figured out
8. There’s no shame in saying “I don’t know”
10. Possessions own you
11. TV is the greatest black hole of time available to mankind
12. The Internet is the greatest tool ever available to us, but daily use must be capped
13. Get outside and do something with other people
14. Speaking only English is incredibly limiting to non-tourist travellers
15. Modern foreign culture does not have to satisfy your stereotypes
16. Take your time
17. You can’t please everyone
19. Make mistakes - and LOTS of them!
24. You don’t know what you’ve got ’till its gone
Don’t take anything for granted. I couldn’t afford to pay for
accommodation one night and had to sleep outside on a rock because of
it. Ever since then I appreciate having a bed, couch or hammock, no
matter how small or where it may be, because I know what it’s like to
not have one. One night was enough to burn it into me - I sigh a breath
of relief every time I go to bed now.

I went partially deaf due to an ear infection for two weeks and
appreciate my hearing and all the beautiful sounds around me all the
more because I got it back.
25. Swallow your pride and apologise
27. People are not alone in being alone
28. Love isn’t “all” you need, but if you don’t have it in some form, your life will be very empty

29. The most important lessons in life can never be expressed in black and white, but must be experienced

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